Tapping crowdfunding to help Sikh victims

Following the shooting at a Sikh temple over the weekend, two entrepreneurs have tapped the crowdfunding site Indiegogo to raise funds to support the victims, their families and the police officer who was shot.

In less than a week, the campaign has raised more than $129,000 from 1,370 donors through the San Francisco site. It’s been featured on the site’s front page and community page.

Like Kickstarter, Indiegogo relies on casting a wide net on the Internet to fund causes and projects. In addition to the campaign for the Sikh shooting victims, it also includes campaigns for one of the teenagers shot during the Batman midnight screening at the movie theater in Aurora, as well as one for a camp project for children affected by the nuclear plant meltdown in Fukushima, Japan.